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08.02.23

Meaning Behind the “Take a Load Off” Classic, “The Weight” by the Band

By Jacob Uitti
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07.14.23

The 20 Best Levon Helm Quotes

By Jacob Uitti
Songs You Didn't Know

04.07.23

3 Songs You Didn’t Know Van Morrison Wrote for Other Artists

By Tina Benitez-Eves
Features

03.20.23

5 of Rock’s Greatest Farewell Concerts

By Alli Patton
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05.18.22

The Meaning Behind the Song: “Long Black Veil,” Lefty Frizzell

By Jacob Uitti
Behind The Song

01.04.22

Behind the Song Lyrics: “It Don’t Come Easy” by Ringo Starr (and George Harrison)

By Tina Benitez-Eves
Reviews

12.10.21

Review: The Band is in Cahoots Once Again

By Lee Zimmerman
Features

11.25.21

‘The Last Waltz’ at 45: How The Band Cooked Thanksgiving Dinner For 5,400 People and Made Music History

By Joe Vitagliano
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10.18.21

Chuck Berry’s ‘Live From Blueberry Hill’ Gets Release in Honor of His 95th Birthday

By Tina Benitez-Eves
The List

07.14.21

The Top 20 Songs Of The Band

By Jim Beviglia
Interviews

06.17.21

Amy Helm Reflects on Residual Feelings with New LP, ‘What the Flood Leaves Behind’

By Madeline Crone
Latest Music News & Stories

04.14.21

Eric Church Talks Bob Seger, James Brown, and The Band

By Madeline Crone

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MINNEAPOLIS – MAY 21: Progressive Rock band Traffic gather for a curtain call at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 21, 1994. (Photo by Jim Steinfeldt/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Features

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Remembering When Two Rock Legends Reunited To Bring Back a Beloved Band After Two Decades in 1994
Portrait of the cast of KFRC radio's the 'Happy Go Lucky Hour,' San Francisco, California, 1930. Pictured are, standing from left, Al Pearce, Edna O'Keefe, Cal Pearce, Jean Clarnioux, Norman Neilsen, Hazel Warner, Abe Bloom, Monroe Upton (as Lord Bilgewater), and Harry 'Mac' McClintock; and seated from left, Tommy Harris, Charles Carter, Edna Fisher, and Cecil Wright. (Photo by Underwood Archives/Getty Images)

On This Day

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Born 142 Years Ago Today in Ohio, the Drifter Cowboy Behind the Folk Classic That Soundtracked George Clooney’s Oscar-Nominated Coen Brothers Hit
LOS ANGELES – NOVERMBER 1963: Rock and roll group "The Beach Boys" pose with Corvette in their first photo session since Al Jardine returned to the band in Novermber 1963. (L-R) Brian Wilson, Al Jardine, Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson, Mike Love. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

The List

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Every Baby Boomer Alive Remembers These 4 Must-Hear Classic Rock Ballads From 1963
MUNICH, GERMANY – Sam Brown performs on stage at the Theaterfabrik in Munich Germany in 1990. (Photo by Bernd Muller/Redferns)

On This Day

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Born 62 Years Ago Today in England, the Blue-Eyed Soul Singer Who Backed George Harrison and Pink Floyd Before Scoring a Top 5 Hit of Her Own